Manifold-book holder.



No. 725,926. PATENTB'D APR. 21,1903.

0; s. BINNER. MANIFOLD BOOK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1903.

I0 MODEL.

Inventor:

CHARLES S. BINNER, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MANlFOLD-BOOK HOLD'ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,926, dated April 21, 1903.

Application filed January 23, 1903. Serial No. 140,293. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BINNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of 'Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Manifold-Book Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to holders for manifold books or pads, and has for its object to provide simple and effective means for delachably securing the book or pad to its cover or holder in such manner that the transfer-leaf may be attached to the book itself or held between the book and the clam ping device.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved holder, showing a manifold book or pad therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the metal casing and its clamping device detached from the book-cover. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4, showing the clamping device raised to admit the.

bound end of the book or pad.

In the said drawings, A B represent the under and upper covers of a manifold salesbook, connected, as usual, bya flexible back a. To the inside of the outer end of the under cover A is secured by rivets b or in other suitable manner a sheet-metal box or casing O,which extends transversely across the outer end of the cover A and is open on its inner side, as shown, for the reception of the bound end 10 of the manifold book or pad D,which is detachably held therein by a rocking clamp consisting of a wire or rod E, extending through theendsof thecasingCoverthebound end of the book and having crank-like offsets ef at its ends, which are journaled in the end portionsg 72. of the casing C. The offset portion e of the rod E is extended outwardly beyond the end portion 9 of the casing and is bent at a right angle parallel with said end g, forming an operating-lever 7t, by which the projecting main portion of the clampingrod within the casing produced by forming the offsets 6]" at its ends is brought down forcibly onto the bound end 10 of the book,

as shown in Fig. 3, thus securely gripping the same and holding the book firmly in place within the casing C. The outer end of the lever 7c is turned inwardly, forminga projection m, which when the lever is turned down to clamp the book is sprung into a hole n in the end portion 9 of the casing,whereby the lever is securely locked to prevent any possibility of the book becoming detached from the cover while in use; When it is desired to remove the book or pad, it is simply end of the book or be simply laid thereupon and held between the book and the clamping-rod Eflwhen the latter is brought down upon the book to hold the same, thus avoiding the necessity of employing a separate clam ping device for holding thecarbon-sheet, and thereby still further simplifying and cheapening the construction. It will be seen that the crank-like ends of the clamping-bar E are journaled in theupper part of the ends of the casing C, so that when the lever is swung from its open position, Fig. 5, t0 its closed position, Fig. 3, the bar E will be in the same vertical plane as the pivots or cranks ef. This will cause ,a cam-like action of the bar E upon the book thereunder, and as the bar and its axes are in the same vertical plane all strain will be removed from the lever 70. Furthermore, by arranging the clamping device within the casing C, as shown, it is concealed from view and prevented from being bent or injured, while the casing also serves to inclose and protect the end of the book or pad.

What I claim as my invention, and desire in the same vertical plane, and means for 10 to secure by Letters Patent, islooking the leverarm when the bar is thrown The combination, in a manifold book down.

holder, with a casing open at one side to re- Witness my hand this 19th day of Janu- 5 eeive a book, of a clampingbar having ary, A. D. 1903.

cranked ends pivoted in the upper part of the CHARLES S. BINNER.

casing and provided at one end with a lever- In presence of arm adapted to rock the bar downwardly P. E. TESCHEMAOHER,

upon a book till the bar and the cranks are F. B. SPAULDING. 

